Representative Experience
Mike is a member of the firm's litigation section. Clients benefit from his significant experience in the state appellate process, having prosecuted and defended over forty appeals in the past fifteen years. He has argued before the North Carolina Court of Appeals over fifteen times and four times before the North Carolina Supreme Court. His work in the appellate arena has touched upon a variety of areas, including domestic law and adoptions, landlord-tenant relationships, commercial law and contracts, and administrative law. His work has established new precedents particularly in the realm of adoption and domestic law. His work has resulted in at least twenty reported decisions, and those decisions can be accessed on the links below.
Mike has represented individuals in domestic relations matters for over eighteen years. He also represents clients in commercial litigation matters, landlord/tenant disputes, and administrative matters.
In over eighteen years of practice, Mike has made court appearances in forty-nine out of North Carolina’s one hundred counties.
Mike has been recognized by Business North Carolina's 2009 Legal Elite in the area of family law.
Professional Activities
- 10th Judicial District Bar, Professionalism Committee (1998-2006)
- Presenter
- Appellate Practice & Procedure (Continuing Legal Education 2007)
- Jury Selection in Domestic Cases (CLE 2006)
- Debt Collection from Start to Finish (CLE 2004)
- Evidentiary & Procedural Considerations in Domestic Cases (CLE 2003)
- Evictions and Landlord/Tenant Law in North Carolina, (CLE 2002)
- Advanced Equitable Distribution, (CLE 1999)
- Civil Trial Practice, (CLE 1995)
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Wake County and 10th Judicial District Bar Associations
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